But you knew that. Microsoft has not tried to make all its products version agnostic.
See if the versions you have can save in some older version (97?) for compatibility.
Bob
I am running a gateway 800 select with win 98 and MS office 2000 Professional at home. I have a gateway select running Win XP with office 2003 Professional. Why can't I open files created with publisher (office 2000) with publisher (office 2003)?

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